Time's up, challenge closed. I got 24/31 in the time alotted. Not bad. I will finish it eventually. It was a solid year with seven of those twenty-three being films I really liked.

Progress 26/31

Top Five
1. Crimes of the Future
2. Them!
3. The Man Who Laughs
4. One Cut of the Dead
5. Bloodthirsty

Once again, I've mostly taken the summer off from movie-watching. But I've returned just in time for another Hooptober. Five years ago I was a reluctant participant, dragged in strictly because I was a challenge addict. Now Hooptober is one of my favorite times of the year.

Thanks to Cinemonster for setting it up again. Check out the original list here.

There must be 31 films
6 countries (non-USA for me) - Germany, France, UK, Japan, Italy, Australia, Canada
8 decades - 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s
2 insect centered films - Them!, The Wasp Woman
1 horror film set in space or the future - Doom
2 animated films - Violence Jack Harlem Bomber, Demon City Shinjuku
1 bloodthirsty old person/people film - Terror at Red Wolf Inn
2 1970s regional US films - The Town That Dreaded Sundown, The Capture of Bigfoot
The worst horror sequel from the 1990s that you haven't seen and can access - Lawnmower Man 2 Beyond Cyberspace
1 German Silent - The Haunted Castle
5 Films from David Cronenberg, Ti West, Bill Rebane, Charles B. Pierce, William Grefe and/or Joy N. Houck Jr. - Night of the Strangler, Impulse, The Town That Dreaded Sundown, The Capture of Bigfoot, Crimes of the Future
2 Christopher Lee films - Rasputin The Mad Monk, Dracula Has Risen From The Grave
1 film with a musician or band in it - Night of the Strangler starring Micky Dolenz of The Monkees
1 Stephen King adaptation that is not the first go around - Salem's Lot
1 Lon Chaney film. (NOT JR) - The Hunchback of Notre Dame
And 1 Tobe Hooper Film - Crocodile
No extra credit for me this year...